Adjustable plate-holder attachment for cameras.



A. KISS.

ADJUSTABLE PLATE HOLDER ATTACHMENT FOR CAMERAS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 6. I9I6- Patented May 8, 191'?u Fi ,Z0

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A. KISS.

ADJUSTABLE PLATE HOLDER ATTACHMENT FOR CAMERAS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 6, 1916.

Patented May 8, 19N

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A. KISS.

ADJUSTABLE PLATE HOLDER ATTACHMENT FOR CAMERAS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 6, 1916. 1,225,039. PatenteaMay 8,1917.

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ANDRE-KISS, F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ADJUSTABLE PLATE-HOLDER ATTACHMENT FOR CAMERAS.

Patented May 8, 1917.

Application led October 6, 1916. Serial No. 124,038.

To all whomz't may concern Be it known that I, ANDRE Kiss, a subject ofthe King .of Hungary, residing at Glncinnati, in the county of Hamiltonand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdjustable Plate-Holder Attachments for Cameras, of which the fol lowingis aspeciication.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in adjustableplate holder attachments for cameras. t

The primary object of the invention 1s to provide a plate holderattachment for cameras adapted for positioning a plurallty of'sensitized plates in a position to be sepa rately exposed andthereafter shifted into 'a receiver for transfer to the photographicstudio or dark room for the finishing operation. zo A further object ofthe device is the provision of an attachment for cameras adapted forcontaining a plurality of plates for individual exposure, thearrangement belng such that any one or more of the plates may be Areadily removed for development after the exposing operation.

A still further object is the prov1s1on of a plate holding andtransferring attachment for cameras arranged for a partial rotatlonwhereby the picture may be taken. upon the plate either laterally orlongitudinally thereof.

In the drawings forming a part of. thls application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views Figure 1 is a rear elevation of acamera provided with thepresent device with portions broken away and the device arranged forsighting purposes.

Fig. 2 is a similar view arranged for eX- posing one of the plates.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 11 is a vertical sectional view taken upon line IV-IV of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken upon line V--V of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the structure shown in' Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken upon line VII-VII of Fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 showing the elements as positionedimmediately after the transfer of an exposed plate.

Fig. 9 is a rear perspective view of the device with the plate holdersremoved.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view ofthe holder for unexposed plates.

Fig. 11 is a perspective View of the receiving case for the exposedplates, and

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of a protect- Aing mount employed for eachplate.

It will be understood that the present device may be employed with anyof the usual form of cameras, the device providing a rectangular rearend board 15 for the camera such as 16 having the usual folding bellowsv17 ,.a square central opening 18 being provided in the said board. Adisk 19 is revolubly mounted in a circular socket 20 in the rear face ofthe board 15, overlying cleats 21 being carried bythe said board forretaining the disk within the said socket.

An oblong sight opening 22 is centrally provided in the disk 19 inconstant registry wvith the board opening 18, the said sight openingbeing arranged with its greater length either vertically or horizontallyas found desirable controlled by the adjustment of the disk 19. The rearface of the disk 19 is provided with a peripheral groove 23 within whichVproject angular -stops 24 carried by the board 15, it being noted thatthe lower stop is engaged by the shoulder 25 formed at one end of theJgroove 23 when the sight opening 22 is arranged with its greaterdimension horizontal while the other stop 24 is engaged by the shoulder26 at the opposite end of the groove 23 when the sight opening 22 ispositioned upright with its greater length vertically arranged.

A plate carrier or holder 27 of box-like form having a hinged lid 28 isslidably mounted upon the disk 19 by means of parallel guide ways 29arranged at opposite sides of the sight opening 18. A frame 30 is hingedto one of the guide ways 29 and is provided with a ground glass 81therein adapted for shifting rearwardly of the sight opening22 forsighting therethrough when focusing the`camera, as best illustrated inFigs. 1 and 5 of the drawing, the frame 30 4being normally depending outof the way of the operator as shown in Figs. 4 and 9 of the drawings.l

A receiving case 82 similar to the plate holder 27 is slidably arrangedwithin guides 33 mounted upon the disk 19 adjacent the opening 18therein, said guides 33 and guide-ways 29 being positionable inlongitudinal alinement for the purpose of transferring plates from theholder 27 to the case 32 as herein described. A plurality of .37engaging the inclosed plates. and resiliently projecting the same towardthe exposing opening 36. lVhen plates are so arranged within the holder27, the lid 28 may be secured closed by the latch 38 and the holdermovedupon the guideways 29 to position the bottom opening 36 of the holder inregistry with the sight opening 22 of the disk 19 whereupon the slide 35is removed by means of its handle 39 uncovering the sensitized plate tothe action of the camera. The` receiving case 32 having its lid 40maintained closed by means of the catch 41. the said case is arrangedwithin the guides 33 so that the holder 27 is slidably positionable incontact therewith, as best illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings, anedge port-ion 42 of the lid overlying the adjacent edge of the holder 27thereby forming a. light-proof connection between the said holder andcase for allowing the mount 34 carrying the exposed plate 33 to beprojected through the side slot 43 of the holder into and through thecorresponding slot 44 in the adjacent side of the case 32 whereby theplate is positioned within the case, it be- 1 i ing noted that the slide35 acts as a pusher for the plate mount in transferring the latter fromthe holder to the case. The slide 35 being partially withdrawn, afurther plate mount is automatically positioned by means of the spring37 againstthe said slide as illustrated in Fig. 8, while the entireremoval of the slide 35 exposes the plate to the opening 36 for takingthe picture. Guide springs are carried by the bottom of the case 32while similar springs 46 are carried by the lid 40 thereof whereby7 theplates entering the case through the slot 44 are positionedsubstantially centrally thereof as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 of thedrawings allowing a plurality of plates to be Successivelv depositedinto the case 32 from the holder 27.

The manner of exposing the plates as well as positioning the sightopening 32 as desired having been fully described, the completeoperation of the device will be understood, it being noted that theholder 27 may be provided with a desired number of sensitized plates ata point removed from the place of taking the pictures, such as thestudio or dark room and that after one or more plates have been e sed,such plates may be readily transferre to the receiving case 32, thelatter being easily removed from the disk 19 and conveyed t0 the darkroom -for developing the plates. Slight changes may be made 1n thestructure herein disclosed without departing `from the spirit and scopeof the invention such as the provision of suitable light excluding meansfor the slots 43 and 44 as well as alterations in other details ofconstruction. y

What I clailn as new is 1. A device of the class described comprising incombination ywith a camera, a disk revolubly mounted thereon inoperative. relation thereto and having a sight opening therein, a platemagazine slidably carried by the said disk, a receiving case removablycarried by the camera and means adapted for transferring plates from thesaid magazine to the said case without exposing the plates to the light.

2. A device of the class described oomprising in combination with therear portion of a camera having a sight openingk therethrough,guide-ways arranged adjacent the said opening, a magazine plate holdersljdably arranged within the said ways having an open bottompositionable in registry with the said opening, late de holder ypressing means within the sai guides positioned in alinement with thesaid ways, a receiving case carried by the said guides having areceiving opening in the side thereof, the' said holder having an exitslot in the side thereof adapted for registry with the said case slotwhen the holder and slot are in contact with each other, platecentralizing means within the said case and a combined cover slide andpusher for the plates carried by the said holder having a path of,movement through the said slots of the holder and case.

3. A device of the class described comprising in combination with acameray having a rear board provided with a central opening therein, adisk having a sight opening therein mounted for partial rotation uponthe said board, a plate holder operatively carried by'the said diskadjacent the said sight opening, and a plate receiving case and meansfor transferring exposed plates from said holder to the said case.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

ANDRE KISS.

